Day 74 July 19, 2011 Sudbury to McKerrow 61km
19 Jul
Back to 60
It was a harder getting up this morning than it was the morning before, and Mike and I moved a bit slower as well. By the time I started running it was 6:15am. The morning went pretty fast and soon I was again walking down the side of the road with sandwiches in my hands. By this point I was soaking wet courtesy of the insane humidity and had to wring my shirt and shorts out before I could keep going. I was feeling pretty good so I decided that I would try and make it to 60km today. It’s been a while since I’ve gone that far because I usually am fairly useless the following day but I figured I’d give it a try.
Part of the day was spent on a divided highway. I like to run on the left side of the road facing opposing traffic so I can keep my eye on the motorists that don’t watch the road and so I don’t have to worry about cars passing me from behind. Today that meant that anytime I wanted water I had to cross a huge meridian filled with trees/boulders/weeds/water/millions of grasshoppers. After the 3rd or 4th time I gave up and ran on the right side of the road with Mike driving directly behind me.
I felt good at 45km. I felt ok at 50km. I did not feel good at 55km. The last 5 km were torture and my feet, especially my right one was on fire as I hobbled slowly to the end. I’m sure you could walk faster than I was “running” at the end. Mike got ice from the gas station and I tried to soak my feet in an ice bath but I could only do it for about a minute at a time, it was too painful to put them in longer. That’s another thing I don’t really understand because I’m sure I can keep my feet in the snow much longer than I could keep my feet in that ice bath. I think next time I’ll add more water.
The good news is I finished right in front of an ice cream shop, and after dinner I had a huge mint chocolate chip one.
We got to bed at 6:30pm and while Mike fell almost instantly asleep, I took about 2 hours myself, which is strange because I can normally fall asleep instantly and I was completely exhausted anyway. So while I waited I finally got a chance to read one of the six Jack Reacher books I’ve brought.
Hopefully today’s distance won’t hinder my running tomorrow.
It was a harder getting up this morning than it was the morning before, and Mike and I moved a bit slower as well. By the time I started running it was 6:15am. The morning went pretty fast and soon I was again walking down the side of the road with sandwiches in my hands. By this point I was soaking wet courtesy of the insane humidity and had to wring my shirt and shorts out before I could keep going. I was feeling pretty good so I decided that I would try and make it to 60km today. It’s been a while since I’ve gone that far because I usually am fairly useless the following day but I figured I’d give it a try.
Part of the day was spent on a divided highway. I like to run on the left side of the road facing opposing traffic so I can keep my eye on the motorists that don’t watch the road and so I don’t have to worry about cars passing me from behind. Today that meant that anytime I wanted water I had to cross a huge meridian filled with trees/boulders/weeds/water/millions of grasshoppers. After the 3rd or 4th time I gave up and ran on the right side of the road with Mike driving directly behind me.
I felt good at 45km. I felt ok at 50km. I did not feel good at 55km. The last 5 km were torture and my feet, especially my right one was on fire as I hobbled slowly to the end. I’m sure you could walk faster than I was “running” at the end. Mike got ice from the gas station and I tried to soak my feet in an ice bath but I could only do it for about a minute at a time, it was too painful to put them in longer. That’s another thing I don’t really understand because I’m sure I can keep my feet in the snow much longer than I could keep my feet in that ice bath. I think next time I’ll add more water.
The good news is I finished right in front of an ice cream shop, and after dinner I had a huge mint chocolate chip one.
We got to bed at 6:30pm and while Mike fell almost instantly asleep, I took about 2 hours myself, which is strange because I can normally fall asleep instantly and I was completely exhausted anyway. So while I waited I finally got a chance to read one of the six Jack Reacher books I’ve brought.
Hopefully today’s distance won’t hinder my running tomorrow.
